How Leaders Can Help Fundraisers Avoid Burnout
Nonprofit managers should check in with fundraisers early and often and show appreciation for their achievements.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
How Fundraisers Can Get Off the Road to Exhaustion and Burnout
Unfamiliarity with the physical signs of stress and burnout can prevent fundraisers from taking the breaks they need to recover.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Even as Economy Shows Positive Signs, Nonprofits Aren’t Letting Their Guard Down
Nonprofits say the tight labor market continues to pose problems, and some organizations are considering merging or closing.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Rep. David Cicilline Will Depart Congress to Lead Rhode Island Foundation
Also, a former executive is returning to lead the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, and Rideback Rise, a new nonprofit group to help more people of color succeed in the entertainment industry, has named its first executive director.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Donors Leery of Supporting Grassroots Organizing Need to Rethink How They Approach Such Work
The perceived messy work of building movements often scares away grant makers, but these efforts are critical to creating equitable societies. Donors need to adopt new practices and strategies to measure and support them.
By Ben Naimark-Rowse
Contributor
The Bail Project Taps First Formerly Incarcerated CEO
Also, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund will install a new leader in April, and Baltimore Corps has promoted its next executive director from within.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Americans Are Volunteering Less. What Can Nonprofits Do to Bring Them Back?
Recent surveys showing a decrease in volunteering largely blame the pandemic, but the problem isn’t new. Nonprofits need to figure out how to turn Americans’ desire to lend a hand to neighbors into more formal commitments to help their communities.
By Leslie Lenkowsky
Contributor
Nonprofit Supports Holistic Efforts to Fight Climate Change in Alaska
The Alaska Venture Fund believes that with its natural resources and rich cultural diversity, the state is poised to become a model of sustainability.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Girl Scouts of the USA Names Missouri Council Leader as Next CEO
Also, Farm Sanctuary’s interim CEO will continue in the role permanently, and the Partnership for a Healthier America has picked its next chief executive.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
I Know Trusting Grantees Works Because It Propelled My Own Successful Career
When others doubted me, one man showed his faith in my ambition to become a business leader. Today, I’m putting that same trust in the grantees and low-income mothers my foundation supports.
By Holly Fogle
Contributor
Nonprofit Leaders Want More Volunteers but Say It Is Tough to Recruit Them
A new study finds that half of nonprofit leaders say they can’t find enough volunteers, a sharp contrast from two decades ago. At the same time, far more chief executives say volunteers help them become more efficient than felt that way in the past.
By Sara Herschander
Contributor
Stacey Stewart Will Lead Mothers Against Drunk Driving; Ronald McDonald House Charities Taps New CEO
Also, the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health announces its first executive director, and the Fund for Global Human Rights will install its new CEO in May.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Lloyd Morrisett’s Philanthropic Legacy Is Bigger Than Big Bird
The man who co-created “Sesame Street” also presided for decades over a foundation that has left a lasting mark on the entire field of communications and mass media.
By Lee D. Mitgang
Contributor
How to Advance Racial Equity: One Foundation Shares Lessons
The staff and board of the James Irvine Foundation participated in 18 months of training to embed racial equity into their programs, operations, and grant making.
By Charles Sidney Fields
Contributor
28 Foundation Leaders Urge Peers to Channel More Funds to Black-Led Nonprofits
Prompted by the police murder of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, grant makers say it’s time to stop the erratic flow of money to organizations that work to advance racial justice and ensure money goes to such organizations generously and consistently.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Refugees Like Me Know What Our Communities Need, but Donors and Large Nonprofits Aren’t Listening
Despite growing philanthropic recognition that the most successful movements are led by oppressed groups themselves, organizations that aid refugees remains mired in their colonial roots and a continued reliance on white so-called experts.
By Sana Ali Mustafa
Contributor